Author: Jasper Fforde

Quotes

I have a very varied taste in music. Everything from rap to classical to Latino to Rat Pack to jazz.

I have a very varied taste in music. Everything from rap to classical to Latino to Rat Pack to jazz.

- Jasper Fforde

When you're an author, you're always two people. Jasper the writer is different from Jasper the person at home.

When you're an author, you're always two people. Jasper the writer is different from Jasper the person at home.

- Jasper Fforde

I work very much on the principle that anything created by mankind has mischief and error hardwired into its inception.

I work very much on the principle that anything created by mankind has mischief and error hardwired into its inception.

- Jasper Fforde

When I was about 10 or 11, I realised that people made movies; until then, I had thought they just happened.

When I was about 10 or 11, I realised that people made movies; until then, I had thought they just happened.

- Jasper Fforde

I hope that in my books there's an undertone of politics, basic tenets of how we should live.

I hope that in my books there's an undertone of politics, basic tenets of how we should live.

- Jasper Fforde

So my humor, I'd say, comes from a mixture of lowbrow comedy shows and highbrow theater. It's an interesting mix.

So my humor, I'd say, comes from a mixture of lowbrow comedy shows and highbrow theater. It's an interesting mix.

- Jasper Fforde

If you give children the freedom to do very little, quite a lot will do very little.

If you give children the freedom to do very little, quite a lot will do very little.

- Jasper Fforde

I'm not sure my books would translate into movies very easily. So rather than have someone do a terrible job, I haven't been willing to sell them.

I'm not sure my books would translate into movies very easily. So rather than have someone do a terrible job, I haven't been willing to sell them.

- Jasper Fforde

Agents and publishers only want one thing - good writing.

Agents and publishers only want one thing - good writing.

- Jasper Fforde

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